{"id":462,"date":"2011-01-05T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/462"},"modified":"2011-01-05T00:00:07","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T04:00:07","slug":"thunderbird-meeting-minutes-2011-01-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/462","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird Meeting Minutes: 2011-01-04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1>Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-01-04<\/h1>\n<h3 id=\"siteSub\">From MozillaWiki<\/h3>\n<div><span class=\"subpages\">&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\" title=\"Thunderbird\">Thunderbird<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\">StatusMeetings<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-12-14\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2010-12-14\">last meeting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\">index<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-01-11\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-01-11\">next meeting \u00bb<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<table>\n<caption> <b>Current Release Schedules<\/b><br \/>\n<\/caption>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"50%\"> Thunderbird 3.3 Alpha 2 <\/p>\n<th> Thunderbird 3.1.8<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li> Release ETA: January\n<\/ul>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li> Code freeze: 18 Jan 23:59\n<li> L10n freeze: 18 Jan 23:59\n<li> Builds start: 19\/20 Jan\n<li> QA with builds start: 21 Jan\n<li> Beta period starts: Week of 24 Jan\n<li> Final release: 8th Feb\n<\/ul>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<b>Thunderbird Meeting Details<\/b>\u00a0:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?year=2011&amp;month=01&amp;day=04&amp;hour=17&amp;min=30&amp;sec=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tuesday, January 4, 2011 17:30 UTC<\/a> (9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern)\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeeting\/DialInInfo\" title=\"Thunderbird\/StatusMeeting\/DialInInfo\">How to dial-in<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Remember to press *1 to unmute yourself before talking!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to ask questions in the meeting either by speaking up or by asking them in #maildev on IRC.\n<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Agenda  <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Who&#8217;s taking minutes? &#8211;&gt; <b>sancus<\/b>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/ascher.ca\/thunderbird\/minutes_schedule.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Minute taking Schedule<\/a>. Talk to davida or dmose for schedule changes\/additions.\n<li> Note: this meeting is for interactive discussion. Feel free to ask questions!\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Action Items  <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Friends of the Tree <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to our Friends of the Tree When adding someone to this section, please get their T-Shirt size and send it to rebron@mozillamessaging.com so that he can send them a shirt!\n<\/p>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Conversion Funnel (Priority 0 side project) <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Funnelcake 4 targeted for Wednesday midnight 1\/5 through Thursday midnight 1\/6.\n<li> ISPDB reached a 55% success rate partly due to lower volume during the holidays, steady conversion around 45%.\n<li> 40-47% conversation rate steady\n<li> Lower volume over the holidays and increased conversation rate, unsure why\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird Development <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For more details, see also the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Driver_Meetings\/2011-01-04\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Driver Meetings\/2011-01-04\">driver meeting notes<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird:Feature_Work\" title=\"Thunderbird:Feature Work\">Feature Work<\/a> <\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Experiments#Account_Provisioner\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Experiments\">Account Provisioner<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Beta 1 has been released!\n<li> Mostly on pause waiting for contract negotiations.\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pluggable Mail Stores (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=402392\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 402392<\/a>): berkeley and maildir stores pass all mailnews xpcshell tests. Fixed mozmill and mail xpcshell tests as well.\n<\/p>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Experiments\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Experiments\">Experiments<\/a> <\/span><\/h4>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird Conversations <\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> Shooting for another release <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/messaging\/2010\/12\/07\/announcing-thunderbird-conversations\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thunderbird Conversations<\/a>. Took some time off for the holidays, so the release has been delayed somehow, will issue a new release shortly. This will be a 100% bugfix release, with no new features.\n<li> Bugs still piling up, need some help from clarkbw and andychung!\u00a0\ud83d\ude42\n<li> Setup the thunderbird-stdlib repo, started the new &#8220;SimpleStorage&#8221; asynchronous API that will help Thunderbird Conversations and other extensions. Will blog about it as soon as it reaches a usable state.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Trunk (Miramar) Development <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/gVAbMD\" rel=\"nofollow\">Omnijar landed<\/a>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Active_Branches\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Active Branches\">Active branches<\/a>.\n<li> Next Alpha: Early January, about:support and a few other updates.\n<li> Help on fixing blockers would be very useful and appreciated, see <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20blocking-thunderbird3.3:needed%20-status-thunderbird3.3:fixed%20-whiteboard:non-code&amp;order=map_assigned_to.login_name,bugs.bug_id\" rel=\"nofollow\">this list of higher priority bugs<\/a>.\n<li> blocking criteria\u00a0:\n<ul>\n<li> Alpha 1 -&gt; Serious usability issues.\n<li> After -&gt; not real criteria, regression\/usability issues as usual.\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> 3.2 <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Decision on if\/when we&#8217;ll do 3.2 on hold until we progress account provisioning further.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Thunderbird Stability &amp; Security Releases <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/fLXVcq\" rel=\"nofollow\">3.0.x nightly builds are now stopped<\/a>.\n<li> 3.1.8 planned for beginning of Feb.\n<li> Bug Lists: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/hg.mozilla.org\/users\/bugzilla_standard8.plus.com\/drivertools\/raw-file\/default\/bugtracking\/index.html?branch=3.1\" rel=\"nofollow\">3.1<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h5> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Major updates to 3.1 <\/span><\/h5>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird:Testing\" title=\"Thunderbird:Testing\">QA<\/a> Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Welcome to 2011 everyone. Thank you for your great participation in 2010.\n<li> Have a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird:Testing\" title=\"Thunderbird:Testing\">Thunderbird:Testing<\/a> if you want to help.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Marketing Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> PR Updates: A few articles through the holidays &#8211; tips and tricks, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/internet\/14-thunderbird-tips-to-help-you-take-control-of-your-inbox-908693\" rel=\"nofollow\">1<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2011\/01\/04\/thunderbird-mailbox-alert-notifications-for-important-emails\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">2<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/software\/applications\/best-mac-email-client-6-on-test-915568\" rel=\"nofollow\">3, short review dinged on lack of Exchange support<\/a>; also had the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/security\/2010\/12\/27\/addons-mozilla-org-disclosure\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Add-ons password issue<\/a>; CES this week, most tech news will be centered around the conference with big pushes around tablets, android.\n<li> Up next: planning, reviewing PR list, web site redesign to match updated Mozilla.com design.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Infrastructure Update  <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> New Linux 32\/64 builders slowly coming online\n<li> Have capacity for Linux builders that aren&#8217;t CentOS to use more current libstdc and fix failing tinderboxes.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Build \/ Release Update <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> funnelcake 4\n<li> build performance\n<ul>\n<li> more mac minis added to 64-bit builder pool\n<li> added RAM to one mini64 builder on &#8216;try&#8217; to see impact on build times\n<li> building on a RAM disk on our Xserve\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Web Update <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Documentation <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> MDC updates (thanks mozjonathan)\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Extensions\/Thunderbird\/HowTos\/Common_Thunderbird_Use_Cases\/View_Message\" rel=\"nofollow\">List Attachments  and Read Attachments<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/Support\" title=\"Thunderbird\/Support\">Support<\/a> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>(If you support Thunderbird or write documentation to help support Thunderbird, please <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.mozilla.org\/listinfo\/tb-support-crew\" rel=\"nofollow\">subscribe to the tb-support-crew mailing list<\/a> and briefly introduce yourself to the list)\n<\/p>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Lightning Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Mac builds happening again, working in the sense that you can install and run Lightning on Mac.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Status Updates <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>See the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/project\/thunderbird\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla Status Board<\/a> for status updates specific to developers.\n<\/p>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Roundtable Highlights <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Attendees  <\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"printfooter\">\nRetrieved from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-01-04\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-01-04<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"catlinks catlinks-allhidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thunderbird\/StatusMeetings\/2011-01-04 From MozillaWiki &lt; 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